OSRAM today releases its redesigned LED deSIGNer tool for illuminated advertising. The new tool offers as of now extended functions, which make the planning and implementation of backlighting applications easier than ever. In only six steps users can design their required backlighting including all the components online at www.osram.com/led-designer.

LG raises the bar for PC monitor standards with the launch of its range of slim and stylish LED (Light Emitting Diode) screens, the W86 series. Combining LED technology with high-end design, the W86 series is ideal for the style conscious who are looking for a design-led product to compliment their entertainment and work set-up. Its slim screen - measuring just 20.5mm - sits above a ruby red base, a design feature found on LG’s high-end TVs.

Digital Projection International, an Emmy® Award-winning manufacturer of high-performance projection systems, announced the brand-new M-Vision Cine LED at CEDIA ‘09 in Atlanta, Georgia. The new Cine LED delivers 3-chip color saturation with the imaging fidelity of Texas Instruments’ DLP® technology. The single-chip M-Vision Cine LED adds the first Lifetime Illumination™ display to DPI’s already extensive single-chip product line.

Nexxus Lighting, Inc. today announced that Chapman Construction/Design has installed its Array(TM) Lighting Par 16 and MR16 LED lamps in the company's recently renovated Newton, MA, headquarters. The renovation project just received Platinum LEED certification, making it the third Platinum LEED-certified commercial interior in Massachusetts.

American Airlines and Oncor are completing a major new project that will see the airline replace more than 1,600 traditional lighting fixtures with energy-efficient LED (light-emitting diode) lighting in one of the largest single installations of its kind in the United States. This project will be showcased at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Fifth Annual Meeting on Sept. 22-25 in New York City.

iLight Technologies, Inc., an innovator of LED lighting solutions, is pleased to announce the District Court has recently issued rulings that confirm iLight’s victory in its patent infringement litigation against Fallon Luminous Products Corporation, a Knoxville, TN sign company. The Court rejected Fallon’s motion for a new trial, and increased the total amount awarded to iLight to over $5 million.

Sharp Electronics announced the availability of its range of AQUOS Full Screen LED backlight LCD TVs for commercial use. Originally introduced to the world’s media in August this year, the ultra-low energy, affordable LE600 and LE700 televisions are expected to be popular for digital signage and multimedia applications. The LE600 is available in 32”, 40” and 46” models with the LE700 spanning the same range with the addition of a 52” model.

Providing engineering students with a flexible, high brightness LED solution that ultimately helped them win a design competition, TT electronics OPTEK Technology donated 200 high brightness LEDs to an engineering team at North Carolina State University participating in the 2009 North Carolina Engineering Day. OPTEK’s OVQ12S30x7 flexible LED light strips were utilized in the design for illumination of a pedestrian bridge at the Legislative Complex in Raleigh, NC.

LabelExpo 2009 in Brussels, Belgium from September 23rd-26th will see the unveiling of the first application of UV LED Curing technology for a flexographic label press. The system is designed and developed by Phoseon Technology and based on Phoseon's RX FireFlex architecture.

Taking place for the second year in 2009, the Jazz:Re:Found festival is fast becoming an Italian answer to that most famous of jazz festivals held in Montreux, Switzerland. This year Lighthouse Technologies became a technical sponsor of the three day event, providing two LED screens and technical expertise throughout.

NASCAR Driver Paul Menard admires the new 2010 Ford Mustang, while helping kick off the race weekend Friday night in the SYLVANIA hospitality tent at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.  The 2010 Ford Mustang, provided by AutoFair Ford in Manchester, NH, showcases a story about lighting innovation. 

New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Thursday joined The Climate Group and the Central Park Conservancy to unveil lampposts in Central Park equipped with newly installed energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs in order to assess their ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and provide quality lighting.

Vision X Lighting introduced the XIL-M1, which the company believed to be the world’s first CPU powered LED light. The XIL-M1 has a powerful 32 bit micro controller integrated in the housing. The primary function of the micro controller is to monitor the core thermal temperature of the light, ensuring the light fixture to function effectively and correctly to emit 10,800 lumens for 50,000 hours under any environments.

Philips Color Kinetics announced that its eW® Downlight Powercore LED fixture (65° beam angle, 2700 K and 4000K only) has been awarded the ENERGY STAR label.

Seoul Semiconductor announced that units of its Z-Power LED P5-II series were applied to display visual information for public bike racks of Vélib, a public bicycle rental program in Paris.

East Japan Railway Co. will install blue LED lighting along Tokyo's Yamanote Line, in hope that the emotionally calming effect of blue light could make suicidal people think twice about jumping in front of trains, according to asahi.com. The lights will be installed at all 29 stations on the loop line by the end of October, a JR East official said.

Molex Incorporated introduced to the government, commercial and residential construction markets the company's new series of patent-pending SSL products, the Transcend™ Lighting Series, which will be sold exclusively by Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. in North America.

Traxon announces the launch of IP-67 rated Dot XL, an ultra brightness outdoor solution which is suited for enriching most demanding and sophisticated architectural applications with full color lighting effects and spectacular video animations. The multi-functional lighting fixture is equipped with six or nine high-performance LEDs per casing, mounted on a flexible cable. The scalable system with customizable pixel pitch option enables an outstanding versatility of the Dot XL.

As all incandescent bulbs will be banned by the end of 2012 in Japan, and the Energy Act Amendment will go into effect in the first quarter of 2010, many public places in Japan are likely to gradually switch to LED lighting.

Danville, Virginia, announces that it has joined the Cree LED City® program, an international initiative promoting the deployment of energy-efficient LED (light-emitting diode) lighting. The city has installed Cree LED lights in the Danville Water Treatment Plant and the Adult Detention Center in response to the Go Green Virginia initiative sponsored by the Virginia Municipal League (VML).

Wataru Ito, a student at the Tokyo University of Arts, spent four years creating “Castle on the Sea,” a one-of-a-kind origami cityscape made of Kent paper. The 2.4 m x 1.8 m model, constructed using only a knife, glue and a hole punch, debuted on April 30th and won top prize at the University’s Grand Prix of Art Festival. The exquisite artwork is meticulously illuminated using Martin Professional LED and fiber optic lighting sources.

The City of Los Angeles approved LEDway streetlights from BetaLED® to replace modern cobrahead fixtures in local and residential neighborhoods as part of the green streetlight program.

Valeo unveils a world first: a new technology that will transform lighting and signaling systems. The 3D-effect technology, used in the front and rear position lamps, adds substantial depth to the perceived image, despite being only 25 mm thick. It is based on the principle of the multiple reflection of light from LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) and opens up significant new styling possibilities.

Samsung Electronics America Inc., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Corporation, today announced the upcoming release of its latest P Series (Portable) Projector, the P410M, an LED-based DLP Pocket Projector. Weighing less than two pounds, the P410M’s compact design (5.8” W x 2.5” H x 5.7” D), USB port, and auto play feature, make presentations “laptop optional” and packs easily into your laptop bag or briefcase.

JVC today announced a super slim LCD monitor for home theater use that measures a mere ¼-inch (6.4mm) deep across most of the panel and weighs just 12.5 pounds (5.7kg). The new 32-inch class LT-32WX50 will be available in the U.S. in November.             

In response to demands from military customers, boaters and fire rescue operators, Larson Electronics Magnalight announced the latest addition to its line of low voltage LED lights, the LED24-AMB. Producing yellow light in the 590nm wavelength, this 72 watt, 4,320 lumen output, the LEDBL-24-AMB LED emitter light is designed to improve visibility at distance for users operating in foggy, dusty, smoky or snowy conditions.

Sony introduced a new line of ultra-thin BRAVIA™ LCD HDTVs featuring an advanced edge-lit LED backlight and exceptional contrast ratio of over 1,000,000:1.

Traxon Technologies announced that it has realized an outstanding IMAGIC WEAVE media facade in Germany at HAVER & BOECKER’s office building in Oelde.

Lexus of Albuquerque has selected Visible Light Solar Technologies, a solar/LED commercial lighting innovator, to retrofit its exterior lot lights at both its Albuquerque and Santa Fe dealerships following an initial pilot installation that yielded 82% energy savings. The solar/LED lights also gave the dealership true-color nighttime light quality, equal in clarity to daylight lighting, allowing for secure and effective afterhours customer browsing.

Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Media City now features energy-efficient LED lighting, ensuring that the hotel’s lighting energy consumption is reduced up to 81 percent. Hotel has launched sustained efforts for better environment with the Reduce Carbon Footprints Drive, for next year.